Apple Crumble for your Valentine

For you see, each day I love you more
Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.

• Rosemonde Gerard

Wish you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day. It may be a regular day for most of us, but still at the back of the mind, this day may seem to be a little different from the other 364 days of the year – a day to love and of course to express your love for the one person who has made all the differences in life.

Though the history of this day has no connection with romance and was celebrated to commemorate the Christian martyrs who were named Valentine. The romantic tinge of this day came with Saint Valentine. Roman Emperor Claudius II, supposedly ordered that young men to remain single as he felt that married men did not make good soldiers. On the other hand, Saint Valentine secretly performed marriage ceremonies to young men. When the emperor came to know about this he persecuted Saint Valentine. Want to know more about the history of 14^th February, click to see the wiki page.

This day is celebrated all throughout the Western world. Thanks to globalization 14^th February has become a day of celebration for the non-Christian countries too. Though a candle light dinner would be the perfect choice to celebrate this day of love and passions most people remains content with flowers and chocolates. We at Cook Like a Bong would love to share our part of celebration with a dessert – the apple crumble. This dessert is just perfect for Valentine’s Day – rough and course from outside, soft and gooey from inside – just like your Valentine. Choose more of our Valentine’s Day recipes.

Ingredients:

• 2 apples, peeled, stoned and coarsely chopped
• 1 cup of all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup icing sugar
• 2 tablespoon butter
• Vanilla ice-cream or fresh cream for serving (optional)

Preparation:

• In a thick bottom flask take the chopped apples and mix well with ½ cup icing sugar
• Stew the apples over low flame with occasional stirring
• The apples should become soft but not totally pureed
• Place the apples in an oven proof pan
• Mix the remaining sugar with the all-purpose flour and butter until it looks like bread crumps
• Cover the cooked apple with the flour mix
• Preheat the oven to 150°C
• Place the pan in the middle rack of the preheated oven and cook for 30 min or till the upper layer turns light brown
• Take out and serve hot with fresh cream or vanilla ice-cream

This recipe goes to Cooking with Fruits event hosted by Smita of  Tastebuds, also to Bake-off event . As this recipe is very easy to prepare and requires few ingredients, I’m sending it to Any One can Cook under the categories FB and WLI. This apple crumble is on its way to Monthly Mingle: Food for your loved ones hosted at Paulchens Food Blog?!, the event being the brainchild of Meeta of Whatsforlunchhoney.

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